Okinawa (city, prefecture)
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
off the coast; offshore; out at sea
Battle of Okinawa (April, 1945)
Okinawan food; Okinawan cuisine
Naval Battle off Malaya (December 10, 1941)
to rise up into the air; to ascend into the sky
alluvium; alluvial stratum
small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt; seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid)
Tōhoku earthquake (March 11, 2011); Tohoku earthquake; Sendai Earthquake; Great East Japan Earthquake
Okinawa Reversion Agreement (1971); Agreement between Japan and the United States of America Concerning the Ryukyu Islands and the Daito Islands
Battle of the Philippine Sea (June 19-20, 1944)
Battle of Leyte Gulf (October 23-25, 1944)
offing wave; deep water wave
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
Okinawan (language); Okinawan dialect
Okinawa Socialist Masses Party
small fish sliced open and pickled in a mixture of vinegar, sake, and salt; seafood pickled in soy (esp. squid)
krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
krill; euphasiid (any species in the family Euphausiacea)
Okinawan language; Okinawan dialect
offing wave; deep water wave
Okinawa soba (thick noodles served in a pork soup)
false killer whale (Pseudorca crassidens)
alluvial epoch (i.e. the Holocene epoch)
offshore fishing industry
offshore fishing industry
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
State Minister in Charge of Issues of Okinawa and Northern Territories
Sumatra-Andaman earthquake (2004, resulting in the Indian Ocean tsunami)
water yam (Dioscorea alata); winged yam; purple yam
euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
euphemisms used by superstitious sailors (e.g. calling sardines "sundries", whales "Ebisu", etc.)
Sanriku offshore earthquake (esp. June 15, 1896, March 3, 1933, and March 11, 2011); Sanriku earthquake
1995 Okinawa rape incident; kidnapping and rape of a 12-year-old Japanese girl by three U.S. servicemen stationed in Okinawa
coming to Okinawa; visiting Okinawa
island time (on Okinawa); relaxed attitude to punctuality
Okinawa flying fox (Pteropus loochoensis)
warty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
warty frog shell (Bursa bufonia dunkeri)
bluntnose lizardfish (Trachinocephalus myops); snakefish
Muennink's spiny rat (Tokudaia muenninki); Okinawa spinous country-rat
Lindera communis (species of spicebush)